Indicators of food and water security in an Arctic Health context – results from an international workshop discussion

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• Alternative Title:
  Int J Circumpolar Health
• Personal Author:
  Nilsson, Lena Maria ; Berner, James ; Dudarev, Alexey A ; Mulvad, Gert ; Odland, Jon Øyvind ; Parkinson, Alan ; Rautio, Arja ; Tikhonov, Constantine ; Evengård, Birgitta
• Description:
  In August 2012, a literature search with the aim of describing indicators on food and water security in an Arctic health context was initialized in collaboration between the Arctic Human Health Expert Group, SDWG/AHHEG and the AMAP (Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme within the Arctic Council) Human Health Assessment Group, AMAP/HHAG In December 2012, workshop discussions were performed with representatives from both of these organizations, including 7 Arctic countries The aim of this article is to describe the workshop discussions and the rational for the 12 indicators selected and the 9 rejected and to discuss the potential feasibility of these Advantages and disadvantages of candidate indicators were listed Informative value and costs for collecting were estimated separately on a 3-level scale: low, medium and high Based on these reviews, the final selection of promoted and rejected indicators was performed and summarized in tables Among 10 suggested indicators of food security, 6 were promoted: healthy weight, traditional food proportion in diet, monetary food costs, non-monetary food accessibility, food-borne diseases and food-related contaminants Four were rejected: per-person dietary energy supply, food security modules, self-estimated food safety and healthy eating Among 10 suggested indicators of water security, 6 were promoted: per-capita renewable water, accessibility of running water, waterborne diseases, drinking-water-related contaminants, authorized water quality assurance and water safety plans Four were rejected: water consumption, types of water sources, periodic water shortages and household water costs
• Subjects:
  Body Weight Climate Change Conference And Workshop Report Environmental Monitoring Food Safety Food Security Food Supply Humans Indicators Public Health Water Security Water Supply

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• Source:
  Int J Circumpolar Health 2013; 72
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Arctic Regions
• Location:
  Arctic Regions
• Volume:
  72
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6a3cb828201d7729f33ea4ca088a6417dda34251fef80571a76d2998f333a403
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/21053/cdc_21053_DS1.pdf
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